S INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR MATTE BLACK WITH BLUED BARREL CALIBER .22 Long Rifle TM RUGER® 22 CHARGER PISTOL TM Scope Not Included READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS IN THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM For Product Service on This Model Please Call: (603) 865-2442 (See p.
State-By-State Warnings Certain states require by law that their own specified warning notices in larger-than-normal type be conspicuously included by the manufacturer, distributor, or retail dealer with firearms sold in that state. Sturm, Ruger sells its products in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Because our products may be sold in these states, we include the following: California: WARNING ADVERTENCIA “A los niños los atraen las armas de fuego y las pueden hacer funcionar.
Maine: “ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IS A CRIME. IF YOU LEAVE A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A CHILD, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO FINE, IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH. KEEP FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SEPARATE. KEEP FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION LOCKED UP. USE TRIGGER LOCKS.” Maryland: “WARNING: Children can operate firearms which may cause death or serious injury.
New Jersey: “IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A MINOR.” New York City: “THE USE OF A LOCKING DEVICE OR SAFETY LOCK IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF RESPONSIBLE FIREARMS STORAGE. FOR INCREASED SAFETY, FIREARMS SHOULD BE STORED UNLOADED AND LOCKED IN A LOCATION THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE FROM THEIR AMMUNITION AND INACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND OTHER UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.
LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS WARNING – USE OF LOCKING DEVICES • Always keep your firearm pointed in a safe direction, including when you are installing or removing your locking device. • Always verify that your firearm is completely unloaded before installing your locking device. • Do not install locking devices in the trigger guard; always keep your fingers and locking device outside the trigger guard during device installation and removal.
3. Open the action completely. Use the bolt lock to keep the action open during installation of the locking device. 4. Apply the clamp as shown in Fig. A, below. 5. Apply the lock by placing the shackle of the lock into the clamp as shown below in Fig. B. 6. Close the lock by pressing the shackle into the body of the lock (the part that receives the key) as tightly together as possible.
FIREARMS SAFETY-YOUR RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY MUST BE THE FIRST AND CONSTANT CONSIDERATION OF EVERY PERSON WHO HANDLES FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. This Instruction Manual is designed to assist you in learning how to use and care for your RUGER® 22 CHARGERTM PISTOL properly. Please contact us if you have any questions about it. Only when you are certain you fully understand the Manual and can properly carry out its instructions should you practice loading, etc. with live ammunition.
WARNINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ARE FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES: Locking Devices Alterations Manual Safety Lead Exposure Ammunition Firing Handling 5 8 11 12 12 15 15 Unloading Malfunctions Disassembly Lubrication Storage Shipping Parts Purchasers 16 20 20 24 25 27 28 OTHER CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS APPEAR THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL. FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WEAPONS – READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS IN THIS MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY BEFORE USING.
Because the bullet offers the least resistance, it moves out of the cartridge case and exits the muzzle. The bolt then moves rearward automatically, extracting and ejecting the fired cartridge case, and at the same time cocking the hammer and compressing the recoil spring, etc., as described above. Once the trigger is released, the pistol is ready to fire again. Each time the trigger is pulled and released, the same cycle is repeated until there are no more cartridges in the magazine or in the chamber.
OPERATION OF SAFETY The RUGER® 22 CHARGERTM PISTOL has a cross-button safety which is located in the forward portion of the trigger guard (See Figure 1, p. 9.) The safety can be operated only when the hammer is cocked. The safety is “on” when it protrudes fully from the right side (the bolt handle side) of the trigger guard assembly, as shown in Figure 1. In this position the sear is blocked, and the gun cannot be fired from a normal pull of the trigger.
WARNING – MANUAL SAFETY Keep the safety on unless actually firing. Always move the safety fully to its intended position and check it. The safety is not “ON” unless it is completely “ON”. Never depend on a safety mechanism or any other mechanical device to justify careless handling or permitting the pistol to point in an unsafe direction. The only “safe” pistol is one in which the bolt is open, the chamber is empty, and there is no magazine in the gun.
AMMUNITION WARNING – LEAD EXPOSURE Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead and other substances known to the state of California to cause birth defects, reproductive harm, and other serious physical injury. Have adequate ventilation at all times. Wash hands thoroughly after exposure.
MAGAZINE The 9-shot .22 WMR and 17 HMR magazine (JMX-1) for the Ruger Model 10/22 Magnum and Model 10/17 is longer than the 10-shot .22 long rifle magazine (BX1) for Ruger 10/22 rifles, and 22 CHARGER pistol. Do not attempt to use standard 10/22 and 22 CHARGER pistol magazines in the 10/22 Magnum or 17 HMR rifles or load .22 short, long, or long rifle ammunition into the .22 magnum or 17 HMR magazine. They will not function correctly and are unsafe to use in .22 Magnum and .17 HMR rifles.
TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITH MAGAZINE) Practice this important aspect of gun handling (with an unloaded pistol) until you can perform each of the steps – described below – with skill and confidence. But before you do anything with the pistol, please first read completely through this manual. 1. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. (See Rule 2, p. 32.) 2. Pull the bolt handle rearward. Engage the bolt lock so that the bolt is held open. (See p. 11.) Check the chamber to be certain it is empty.
8. Immediately following the firing of a shot, and if a subsequent shot is not to be fired at once, put the safety “ON” while the pistol is still pointing in a safe direction down range. The safety should be moved to the “on” position as soon as firing is completed, and it should be “on” at all times except when the pistol is on target and being fired. 9. The bolt does not remain open after the last shot has been fired, nor does the bolt automatically lock open when the magazine is empty.
TO LOAD AND FIRE (WITHOUT MAGAZINE) The pistol can be used as a single shot pistol in the absence of a magazine or for safety or training purposes. To do so, follow step 1, p. 14. Then load a cartridge into the chamber, and follow steps 6 and 7, p. 14, disregarding the magazine. Engage the safety between shots. WARNING – UNLOADING So that the pistol can be used as a single loader, it will fire whether or not a magazine is in the gun if a cartridge is chambered.
7. If desired, the bolt can be left in the open position, being held there by the bolt lock. If it is desired to close the bolt, again look to be certain the chamber is empty. Put the safety “on”, retract the bolt to its rearmost position, release the bolt lock and let the bolt snap forward. Keep your fingers out of the receiver! 8. With the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, push the safety to the “off” position and pull the trigger to decock it.
TO EXTRACT AND EJECT A CHAMBERED CARTRIDGE When the pistol is fired, the same gas pressure which drives the bullet forward also acts through the cartridge case to push the bolt to the rear. That action causes extraction and ejection of the fired cartridge case. But, when the bolt is operated by hand, there can be a failure to extract the cartridge from the chamber, or a failure to eject the cartridge clear of the pistol.
TO MINIMIZE MALFUNCTIONS (“JAMS”) Most malfunctions are caused by improper or damaged magazines, incorrect ammunition, or poor maintenance. 1. If it appears that the gun and magazine are not at fault and that the jam was caused by the type of cartridge being used, then try another type. 2. If changing to another type or brand of cartridges does not at once eliminate malfunctioning, then the following steps should be taken: a. Make certain the gun and the magazine are unloaded and that the safety is “on.
WARNING – MALFUNCTIONS The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridges fire when the firing pin impacts the relatively soft cartridge case rim, and also can be “discharged” before it is chambered if its rim receives a sharp blow. If a cartridge hangs up, jams, or binds when being chambered or when being fed from the magazine into the chamber, do not attempt to force it into the chamber by pushing or striking the bolt.
TO DISASSEMBLE Make Sure Pistol is Unloaded! 1. With the pistol pointing in a safe direction, remove the magazine, open the bolt and visually make certain there is not a cartridge in the chamber. Then allow the bolt to close. The hammer should be cocked. 2. Loosen (don’t remove) the take-down screw (B-65). 3. Position the safety so an equal amount of the button is exposed on each side. If the safety is not in the middle when the barrel-receiver assembly is lifted out of the stock, the stock will be damaged.
REASSEMBLY Again, Be Sure Pistol is Unloaded! 1. Reassembly of bolt into receiver: a. To reassemble bolt handle and bolt in the receiver, position the rear end (cone pointed) of the recoil spring guide rod in the mating recess near the rear right side of the receiver. The recoil spring must be flat against the side and “bottom” of the receiver. b. Maintain the guide rod in its proper position by keeping pressure on the bolt handle with the left forefinger and thumb.
After cleaning, always check to be certain that rotor movement and tension are correct, and that no solvent or debris remain. Do not disassemble the magazine. Improper reassembly or improper tensioning of the rotor spring can cause a potentially dangerous malfunction. If you experience a problem with the magazine, don’t use it. Get a new one. DAMAGED, NON-STANDARD, OR IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED MAGAZINES SHOULD NOT BE USED. THEY CAN CAUSE THE PISTOL TO MALFUNCTION.
and forth the full length of the bore as many times as necessary to remove grease and dirt from the bore and chamber. Clean bore with dry patches and examine. Bore fouling can contribute to reduced accuracy, and grease accumulation in the chamber can interfere with proper feeding of cartridges from the magazine. 3. Using powder solvent on a clean patch or bristle brush, remove powder residue from all components of the mechanism.
Drift out receiver cross pins to the left and remove trigger housing assembly. Reassemble pistol without trigger housing assembly, which contains most of the firing mechanism. Store the pistol and the trigger housing assembly in different locations. When disassembled in this manner, the pistol is inoperable. It is impossible to fire the pistol until the trigger housing assembly has been correctly replaced into the pistol.
ATTACHING SCOPE BASE ADAPTER NOTE: Scope Base Adapter is attached at the factory. To attach Scope Base Adapter to pistol receiver: 1. Retract bolt handle, lock bolt open and push safety to “on” position. Be sure gun is completely empty. 2. Unscrew the four screws from the receiver. These screws may be quite tight. 3. Position adapter on receiver and place a base-mounting screw in each hole of the adapter.
SERVICE AND PARTS POLICY If you have any question regarding the performance of your RUGER® 22 CHARGERTM PISTOL please write or call our Product Service Dept. in Newport, New Hampshire 03773, (603-865-2442) fully describing all circumstances and conditions involved.
All work performed is subject to a minimum labor charge and charges for shipping and handling. Most models can be reblued, but custom gunsmithing service or nonstandard alterations are NOT AVAILABLE from Ruger Product Service Departments. Please contact the Product Service Department for pricing information. WARNING –PARTS PURCHASERS It is the purchaser’s responsibility to be absolutely certain that any parts ordered from the factory are correctly fitted and installed.
RUGER® 22 CHARGERTM PISTOL PARTS LIST Design, prices and specifications subject to change without notice. SPECIFY MODEL AND CALIBER WHEN ORDERING (See Exploded Views on Pages 31) 29 Key No.
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THE BASIC RULES OF SAFE FIREARMS HANDLING We believe that Americans have a right to purchase and use firearms for lawful purposes. The private ownership of firearms in America is traditional, but that ownership imposes the responsibility on the gun owner to use his firearms in a way which will ensure his own safety and that of others. When firearms are used in a safe and responsible manner, they are a great source of pleasure and satisfaction, and represent a fundamental part of our personal liberty.
A safe direction must take into account the fact that a bullet may penetrate a wall, ceiling, floor, window, etc., and strike a person or damage property. Make it a habit to know exactly where the muzzle of your gun is pointing whenever you handle it, and be sure that you are always in control of the direction in which the muzzle is pointing, even if you fall or stumble. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. 3. FIREARMS SHOULD BE UNLOADED WHEN NOT IN USE.
5. BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET BEFORE YOU SHOOT. Don’t shoot unless you know exactly where your bullet is going to strike. Be sure of the bullet stop behind your target, even when dry-firing with an unloaded gun. If you are in the field hunting, do not fire at a movement or noise. Take the time to be absolutely certain of your target before you pull the trigger. 6. WEAR SHOOTING GLASSES AND HEARING PROTECTORS WHEN YOU SHOOT.
8. DON’T SHOOT AT A HARD SURFACE, OR AT WATER. Bullets can glance off many surfaces like rocks or the surface of water and travel in unpredictable directions with considerable velocity. 9. NEVER TRANSPORT A LOADED FIREARM. Firearms should always be unloaded before being placed in a vehicle. A suitable carrying case or scabbard should be used to carry an unloaded firearm to and from the shooting area. 10. AVOID ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHEN SHOOTING. Don’t drink until the day’s shooting is over.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT: RUGER FIREARMS Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., had its beginning in a small machine shop occupying a rented frame building in Southport, Connecticut. In January, 1949, with an initial investment of only $50,000 and an idea, William B. Ruger and Alexander M. Sturm started production of a .
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WHY NO WARRANTY CARD HAS BEEN PACKED WITH THIS NEW RUGER FIREARM The Magnuson-Moss Act (Public Law 93-637) does not require any seller or manufacturer of a consumer product to give a written warranty. It does provide that if a written warranty is given, it must be designated as “limited” or as “full” and sets minimum standards for a “full” warranty. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
